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And on the off chance this defense doesn’t work? No system is perfect. Put another way, would the risk calculation for an attack on Iran be as easy as it is rig
by Cyph0n 7mo ago
And on the off chance this defense doesn’t work? No system is perfect. Put another way, would the risk calculation for an attack on Iran be as easy as it is right now?
The point of having nuclear capabilities is to make the risk calculation more difficult. It doesn’t mean you need to have state of the art capabilities.
- JumpCrisscross 7mo ago> on the off chance this defense doesn’t work? No system is perfect Someone in the Middle East gets hit. > would the risk calculation for an attack on Iran be as easy as it is right now? The risk calculation isn't easy today. Nukes would make it harder. But I'm pushing back on the notion that it would make it a non-starter. (MAD arsenals and long-range ICBMs, on the other hand, make it a non-starter.)
- c0nducktr 7mo ago> Someone in the Middle East gets hit. Wow so no big deal then right? Jesus Christ dude
- JumpCrisscross 7mo ago> so no big deal then right? Are you arguing it would be in this White House?
- ben_w 7mo agoAssuming I get your point, I would nevertheless say I think most White House admins would care: would not one of those someones in the Middle East who gets hit perhaps include Israel? I have no idea what strategic value the nation of Israel has for the nation of the USA, but there is clearly strong cultural and political relevant of the former to the latter.